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What is anonymous HIV testing?
In BC, there are a number of ways that you can get an HIV test. Anonymous HIV testing is different from other types of HIV testing because your name is not attached to your result and your contact...

Compulsive is not about how you have sex, how often you have sex or with whom you have sex. It refers to times when thoughts about sex or your behaviour causes problems in your life and with relationships.
Compulsive sexual thoughts and...

When you are diagnosed with a reportable STI, anyone you have had sexual contact with or shared drug equipment with needs to be notified that they have been exposed to a communicable infection. This is sometimes called ‘contact...

If you have a reportable STI, a health care provider will ask you about your sexual partners, and sometimes the people you share drug-equipment with. If you want, a public health nurse can work with you to plan how you will talk to...

If urethritis is not caused by gonorrhea, then it is called non-gonococcal urethritis (NGU). If urethritis is treated and the symptoms still continue, then it is called recurrent urethritis.
Urethritis can often be cured with antibiotics....

Causes
Cervicitis is most often caused by STIs such as chlamydia, gonorrhea, herpes simplex virus, and trichomonas, which are passed through vaginal and oral sexual contact. This includes both penetrative sex and sexual activities...

Causes
NGU is often caused by a bacterial infection (like chlamydia), but it can also be caused by a virus or protozoa. Bacterial infections can be treated and cured with antibiotics. To find out if you have NGU, you need to be examined by...

Open marriages or open relationships: A committed relationship where one or both partners may be free to have sex with other people individually, or the couple may invite other people to have sex with them together.
Swinging: When...

Causes
Proctitis is most often caused by sexually transmitted infections (STIs) such as chlamydia, gonorrhea, and herpes simplex virus that are passed through receptive anal sexual contact. This includes both penetrative sex and...

LGV can be cured with antibiotics. It has historically been rare in BC, but is now becoming more common, especially among men who have sex with men.
Causes
LGV is passed through vaginal, oral, and anal sexual contact. This...

Trichomoniasis can be cured with antibiotics.
Causes
Trichomoniasis is passed through vaginal sexual contact. This includes both penetrative sex and sexual activities where there is an exchange of body fluids. You can also get...

PID can be cured with antibiotics.
Causes
The infections that cause PID can be passed through vaginal, oral, and anal sexual contact. This includes both penetrative sex and sexual activities where there is an exchange of body fluids or...

Chlamydia can be cured with antibiotics. It is the most commonly reported STI in British Columbia.
Causes
You get chlamydia through vaginal, oral, and anal sexual contact. This includes both penetrative sex and sexual activities...

Gonorrhea can be cured with antibiotics. It is a common STI in British Columbia.
Causes
Gonorrhea is passed through vaginal, oral, and anal sexual contact. This includes both penetrative sex and sexual activities where there is an...

Causes
HIV is passed through vaginal and anal sexual contact. This includes both penetrative sex and sexual activities where there is an exchange of body fluids. There is a very low chance that HIV may be passed through oral...

Syphilis alternates between times when it is active and inactive. When syphilis is active, there may be symptoms. When the infection is inactive, no symptoms appear even though you still have syphilis.
Syphilis can be cured with...

HIV - A reportable infection
HIV is a reportable infection. This means that if an HIV test is positive, the result is reported to public health so that staff can provide support to the person and keep track of the number of new HIV...

Sometimes, we have trouble with sex. We might feel bad about sex or have a hard time feeling pleasure. Things like family, culture, religion and the media affect how we feel about our sexuality. Having sex concerns can lower your pleasure...

Introduction
This Policy describes the privacy and confidentiality practices and commitments of the BC Centre for Disease Control (“BCCDC”) and the Provincial Health Services Authority ("PHSA") in the operation of the SmartSexResource...

What is a sexually transmitted infection?
A sexually transmitted infection (STI) is an infection caused by an organism (bacteria, virus, or parasite) that can be passed from one person to another during sex or intimate contact.
How...

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